- Vic Gonsalves
Vic Gonsalves (born
October 20 ,1887 - diedAugust 29 ,1922 ) was a Dutch amateurfootball (soccer) player. Between 1906 and 1923 he played 86 matches forHBS Craeyenhout . He was nicknamed "de Prins" (the Prince) and known as a midfielder with a decent pass. [http://www.hbs-craeyenhout.nl/hbs_vrijetekst.asp?ID_VRIJETEKST=12 V.A. (Vic) 'de prins' Gonsalves] , hbs-craeyenhout.nl]He made his debut for the Netherlands in 1909 away to Belgium, which the Dutch won 1-4. [ [http://www.iffhs.de/?29da14a8db55291a97681a94285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0af12 Belgie-Nederland, 21 March 1909, on IFFHS.de] ] A month later he received his second cap in a 4-0 home loss against England. [ [http://www.knvb.nl/oranje/programma/opstelling?match_id=16 KNVB.nl] ] His third and final cap was a 3-2 defeat against Belgium in 1910. [ [http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp160.html Vic Gonsalves caps] , voetbalstats.nl] [ [http://www.iffhs.de/?29da14a8db55291b54695b54285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0a502 Belgie-Nederland 13 March 1910, on IFFHS.de] ] Gonsalves was a part of the Dutch Olympic team which won the bronze medal in the 1912 tournament; however, since he was a reserve player and did not play in a match, he was not given a medal. [ [http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=528083 bigsoccer.com] ] [ [http://www.iffhs.de/ IFFHS Magazines] ]
He suffered with health problems and died at the age of 35.
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